Because i need to install virtualbox in centos, if you see the error below: [root@Arcsight ~]# /etc/rc.d/init.d/vboxdrv setupStopping VirtualBox kernel modules [ OK ] Uninstalling old VirtualBox DKMS kernel modules [ OK ] Trying to register the VirtualBox kernel modules using DKMS[FAILED] (Failed, trying without DKMS) Recompiling VirtualBox kernel modules [FAILED] (Look at /var/log/vbox-install.log to find out what went wrong) you can do below step: su - yum install kernel-devel kernel-headers gcc yum groupinstall 'Development Tools' /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup